Barona Antique Drags of April '09

Mopars at the Barona 1/8th mile antique drags

For more see: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/barona-antique-drags-of-april-09.html
and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/fiat-arbath-600-dragster-at-barona.html
and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/coolest-rig-at-antique-drags-at-barona.html
and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/barona-antique-drags-of-april-09.html

Edelbrock advertising of 1952

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Ain't this cool?!

Edelbrock 1951 ad

Eddie Meyer

So-Cal speed shop early advertising... humble beginnings!

What ever became of...

In the fine print it basically says "Send in a label from 'Carnu' wax and the name you recommend, for this custom that will be given to Ted Williams"

Serviceman in Iraq wanted a penpal... way back in 1951, I wonder if he got one?

Want to be a charter member of the NHRA?

new comment on the Ron Pratt collection.. thanks to Annonymous, it's appreciated. Can you tell us if the collection will ever be public?

The collection is all together now in a magnificen... The collection is all together now in a magnificent museum with a 50 car mezzanine over looking the main floor. 66,000 tiled sq ft in all. Ron hung all of the hundreds of vintage signs, clocks and pictures himself. Great guy. Not a lot of words but a lot of action. He took care of my dad during his cancer treatments for 5 years.

Bet you never heard of the Disney car!

Road and Track Sept 1955
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Chrysler claimed these innovative firsts... but Road and Track sets the record straight

Elkhart Lake's first race promotional ad

Another all Mopar car show coming up on Sun May 17th... want to be a judge?

The 11th annual show,
held at CA School for the Deaf in Riverside
3044 Horace St, Riverside
8am to 3:30pm, gates open at 7:30, close at 10
Small swap meet, judged all-Mopar show w/ many classes,
pancake brkfast 7-11, raffle,
250-300 cars will attend

Email micheal.keller@honeywell.com if you can be a judge... if you can't and are going to see the show.. let me know what your favorites were!
http://www.moparclubsandiego.net/pdf/Mopars_at_CSDR_Show_Flyer_2009.pdf

Wounded Warriors fundraiser in Oceanside California... needs a couple hot rods, and audience members

SATURDAY MAY 9, 2009

QLN CONFERENCE CENTER
1938 AVENIDA DEL ORO
OCEANSIDE, CA 92056

DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P. M.

The Wounded Warrior Project And Fpi Will Host It's 50's Party,Dinner, Dance, And Auction To Raise Funds And Awareness For Our Troops Returning From Iraq And Afghanistan With Traumatic Brain Injury

TICKETS $45.00 PER PERSON
Mention this ad for tickets $22.50 Per Person
50's attire
For more information call 866-884-5814

Dust off your blue suede shoes, whip out your poodle skirt, polish your saddle shoes, and get ready to shake, rattle, and roll

Scheduled appearances by favorite stars of the 50s & 60s:
Rock ‘n Roll Star Johnny Rivers (Secret Agent Man)
50s/60's teen idol (Just a Dream) Jimmy Clanton
50s/60s teen heartthrob (This Time) Troy Shondell
Rock'nSoul 50s/60s star (Everybody Needs Somebody to Love) Dr. Solomon Burke
("Happy Days"star) Marion Ross
Charles Wright (Express Yourself)
Archie Bell (I Can't Stop Dancing- tighten up)
Country/Rock Singer J. D. Crawford
The Miracles' Pete Moore and Bobby Rogers
and many other surprise celebrity guests!

Come twist the night away and show your support for our troops.

I'm down to a Tbird, 57 Bel Air and Corvette
but something interesting could be added. Is this the type of thing you release on your website ?

Hi,
The volunteer organizer for this event just got out of the Hospital and needs a 57 Chevy center piece.
There are 200 guests and she actually really needs about 8 -10 cars.

Still looking for a
late 50's vette,
GTO,
XKE,
57 Tbird,
58 Tbird,
Fairlaine convertible,
Cadillac,
truck 55-58 Chevy ,
street roadster ( original type Hot rod),
upgrade Hotrod,
sled,
57 Chevy Belair,
Dodge something
late 40's early 50's Woody


Body styles from 30's rods through mid 60's is a mix that will work well.

Please let me know right away if you have interest in attending.

Doug
760 427 9700

"the law of tonnage" in effect

Where the car with the most tons wins

Ever see these before?

Kelsey Hayes, a really old rim company. Reminds me of http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/11/ive-never-heard-of-these-holley-spark.html
and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/11/when-disco-was-fresh-and-keystones_25.html

The "Track" in Road and Track was street car railroad tracks... evidenced by exhibit A...... Click on each page for the full size version

April 1962 "Road and Track" magazine

Humor

Thanks Kerri!

weekly dose of trains

I'm gonna bet you've never seen this ad before

Cool old VW adverts from Road and Track

Trivia: Why did the Model A follow the Model T?

The production model immediately before the Model T was the Ford Model S, an upgraded version of the company's largest success to that point, the Model N.

The follow-up was the Ford Model A and not the Model U.

Company publicity said this was because the new car was such a departure from the old that Henry wanted to start all over again with the letter A. As it happens, the first Plymouth car (1928), built by competitor Chrysler Corporation, was named the Model U.

http://www.answers.com/topic/model-t-ford

The Hassler Shock Absorber

Used on the more top heavy Model T's.. .to keep the side to side sway down to a minimum

One of the first shock absorbers it seems... for an ad that Google Books has that has a good visual on them: http://books.google.com/books?id=EyUAAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA4&lpg=RA1-PA4&dq=hassler+shock+absorber&source=bl&ots=JPJllT-4Xu&sig=D7nJC12zpauxVehTZsCQg-7Dw64&hl=en&ei=F1v-Se64DoLhtgfr6q3GCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#PRA1-PA4,M1

Everything you might like to know about the Model T: http://www.answers.com/topic/model-t-ford

Southern California Mopar Spring Fling.. it's a beautiful weekend, in the 70's

Mopar engines... mild to wild... don't believe me? just look how scary they are!

Made her hair stand straight up when some-one lit off a Hemi

Spring Fling (and Fall Fling too) are all Mopar . Full swap meet of Dodge Plymouth and Chrysler parts.. just look at this ONE vendors stuff

Big and small blocks, by year, size and cost. Most impressively, they are all individually ready to fire off. Battery and fuel were already connected

Very well thought out paint job, and humourous touches... great transporter paint scheme too

A variety of Mopars at Spring Fling

A rare convertible 68 GTS Dart

love the color

an A12 69 1/2 Super Bee

I'm guessing you've never heard of the VIP model

Hmmm.. I like the hood stripe, even on this '70 Satellite wagon

Clever tribute to the Sam Posey '70

great homemade air box

Mr Norm's traveling car show was at Spring Fling

Formerly a US Navy owned vehicle...interesting

This owner was obsessed with a specifically optioned 68 Road Runner, located one, and had a wreck restored by L&L restorations

They spell it right out.

A MINIMUM of $15,000 for a freshen up, MINIMUM of $30,000 for a 10 footer, and MINIMUM of $60,000 for a full restoration.

Those are pretty accurate prices for good work, and I don't argue the cost. If you do it yourself, and just have the parts and materials for expenses it costs about 1/2 of those prices at a MINIMUM. So expect that sort of costs for getting an old Mopar back into shape

That is a dead rat that got caught in the bottom of a seat

Wasp nests on the visors

That is the trans on the floor

before and afters of the upper drivers side firewall.

The Petty Nascar Charger... looks like a no expense spared restoration

Something mighty intriguing under there.

For the website, full documented history of this Buddy Baker / Richard Petty race car: http://www.mopardealer.com/ the Petty Blue paint was straight from Petty Enterprises http://www.mopardealer.com/petty3.htm

My thanks to Steve Wall
CPW club president
www.cpwclub.com
For correcting me when I thought it was a tribute car.

Chrysler Airflow was a unexpected show up at Spring Fling

My favorite banner photos (top of this webpage)

If you have a moment, could you tell me which one you like the most? I have 2 other posts just showing the banner photos, and might just have one banner permanently instead of switching it frequently... from this post or these other two links: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/09/some-photos-that-turned-out-really-good.html and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/09/banner-possiblities-from-mopar-show.html

At Spring Fling, CHP brought out a display... why?

I dig the 70's Mopar cop car... and that it was a magazine feature car for it's impeccable restoration.. but why does CHP show up to a car show? They aren't the friendliest bunch on the road... just ask anyone who has ever been pulled over, been caught in a traffic jam and been redirected around a wreck, etc etc Why come to a car show to try recruit new officers?

Dave's Charger now has a very healthy 360, built by Aaron of JBA

1961 Chrysler 300 G, with a story

1969 Coronet R/T 4spd, 2dr hdtp, stripe delete

This window sheet is up here for reference for those of us with a 69 R/T... mine is #222100, a bit later in the production, but not by much

Off the beaten path (even for Mopars), Sport Satellite battle wagon, Imperial, Mirada, and "Animal House" Monaco tribute car

The above C body has a Pure Vision decal on the rear side window... and looks sharp as hell...

There aren't many great looking Dusters around anymore

Steering, shifting, stereos, and speed (ometers)

Pre musclecar era Mopars from Spring fling